Adidas / CarbonConsumer Productssince 2018
Adidas Futurecraft 4D / 4DFWD Midsoles
Lattice midsoles for performance athletic footwear
Consumer Products85% confidence
Challenge
Injection-moulded foam midsoles cannot achieve the tuned, geometrically complex lattice structures that optimise cushioning and energy return for different zones of the foot.
Solution
Carbon's DLS process prints elastomeric lattice midsoles directly from digital design. Adidas and Carbon have produced over 1 million 4D midsoles; in 2024 Adidas launched the fully 3D-printed Climacool shoe — upper and midsole both AM.
Outcomes
- 012024: fully 3D-printed Climacool launched
Technologies
Digital Light Synthesis
Source
1M+ 4D midsoles; Climacool fully-printed shoe launched 2024
Cite this page
APA
AM Roadmap. (2018). Adidas Futurecraft 4D / 4DFWD Midsoles. AM Roadmap (v0.4.2-fixes-deployed). Retrieved 2026-05-17, from https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/adidas-carbon-4d-2018
BibTeX
@misc{amroadmap_adidas_futurecraft_4d_4dfwd_midsoles_2018,
title = {Adidas Futurecraft 4D / 4DFWD Midsoles},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2018},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/adidas-carbon-4d-2018},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.4.2-fixes-deployed, accessed 2026-05-17}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/success-stories/adidas-carbon-4d-2018